1. The Future of Cloud Computing
Google Drive
By: Cory Lincourt

2. What is Google Drive?
Google Drive according to Google is “One safe place for all your stuff”. It is a cloud
based drive to create, store and edit your documents, spreadsheets and more.
It includes:
• Google Docs
• Google Sheets
• Google Slides
• Google Keep
• Google Forms
• Google Drawings
• Google App Scripts
• Google Fusion Tables
• Quickoffice
Video From Google:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WTE6pa-EY4#t=19

3. Features of Google Drive
“Everything you need, everywhere you go” -Google
• 10GB of online (cloud) storage with a free account
• Everything is in one convenient place
• Powerful and free online editing tools
• Full Office like Suite
• Continuous and Automatic saving (so you never have to work about a
save button)
• Ability to view just about any file type in your browser with no
software to download
• All linked to your Gmail account

4. How it Began
TheVerge.com stated Google Docs was “the mother of modern word
processing” but this just didn’t happen overnight
• Idea began back in 2005
• Sam Schillace developed a web app called “writely”
• “Writely” was a simple web-based text-editor
• In 2006 Google acquired this web app
• Started out as an experiment
• Eventually grew to this big idea of a editor with convenience (it was
online/could be accessed anywhere)
• Later was adopted by 90% of the company in less than one month

5. Google Docs
A Microsoft Word like, word
processor that is web-based
and allows the collaboration of
many individuals work on a
single document.
Google Sheets
An Excel like, Spreadsheet
application that allows the
collaborations of many
individuals work on a single
spreadsheet.
Google Slides
A Powerpoint like, presentation
application that is easy to share
and allows the collaboration of
other individuals work on one
slideshow.
Google Drive Apps

6. Google Keep
A digital online note taker for
text, pictures and lists
Video:http://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=UbvkHEDvw-o
Google Forms
A digital online roster /survey
application that automatically
converts into a spreadsheet
Video:http://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=IzgaUOW6GIs
Google Drawings
An online based drawing
application
Google Drive Apps (cont.)

7. What do you Mean By Collaboration?
• Because these documents are cloud based the owner of the file can
invite others to share it with
• By doing so they can also allow those other individuals to edit and
critique the file
• It works great for group presentations or office wide spreadsheets
• Here's a video to better explain the idea behind this:
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRqUE6IHTEA

8. Application ScreenShots

9. Application Screenshots Cont. (Sharing)

10. Its All In The Cloud
So besides the idea of providing free and powerful office applications to
the general and even business users the idea behind Googles suite of
applications is worry-free convenience.
The convenience of never having to worry if your presentation that’s
due at 10 am is on your laptop, home desktop or your office desktop.
They want to create a single space to do all your work in so you don’t
have to worry about the little things. Especially minute things like saving;
Google automatically saves every few keystrokes, in the background for
you.

11. Main source of Application information:
Google Support- Google Docs
https://support.google.com/drive/answer/49008?hl=en
Google Docs Info Page
http://www.google.com/drive/apps.html
History of Google Docs :
TheVerge
http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/3/4484000/sam-schillace-interview-google-docs-creator-box
Other Sources:
Youtube.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Doc#Storage
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Drive
http://www.marioarmstrong.com/tag/google-docs/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Doc#Storag
References

12. Any Questions?
Cory Lincourt
clincourt01@jwu.edu
8 Abbott Park Place
Providence, RI